Candidate filing begins for board of education
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Candidates for the board of education in all six school districts with voters within Choctaw County, will file declarations of candidacy beginning 8 a.m. Monday, Dec.
Brinlee hired as Rural Health Initiatives director
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OKLAHOMA CITY –– The Oklahoma Impact Investing Collaborative (Collaborative), a subsidiary of MetaFund, in partnership with the Oklahoma City Community Foundation (OCCF), proudly announces the hiring of Linda Brinlee as Director of Rural Health Initiatives. In her role as director, Brinlee will work to identify opportunities for joint investments aimed at improving rural health in a 15-county area of southeast Oklahoma.
Mental health should be taken seriously
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Many people underestimate the impact that mental illness can have on an individual or family. It can be difficult to admit that you have a mental health problem in your life.
Groups clash over raising Oklahoma minimum wage
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The State Chamber of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Farm Bureau are trying to keep a voter-led initiative to increase Oklahoma’s minimum wage off the ballot. Last week the groups petitioned the Oklahoma Supreme Court to reject Initiative Petition 446, which would require most Oklahoma employers to pay their workers at least $15 per hour by 2029.
Farmers coast to coast criticize ESA proposal
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Nearly 1,500 farmers, ranchers, pesticide applicators, and agricultural producers from across the country have come together to voice strong disapproval to EPA, criticizing the agency’s Endangered Species Act herbicide strategy framework proposal. The agricultural producers, who called for withdrawal of the strategy in a letter sent to EPA, expressed grave concern over the impacts it would likely have on U.S.
Red River Valley Business Spotlight
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The employees in the Nursing Department support the hospital mission statement by providing quality healthcare and a safe environment to improve the health and well-being of our patients. CMH provides a number of employment opportunities within the community.
Six Paris teens arrested after Hugo house shot up
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HUGO — Police officers from all Choctaw County jurisdictions, including City of Hugo, Choctaw County Sheriff’s Department and Choctaw Nation Lighthorse Police, responded on Tuesday, Nov. 21 to a report of multiple gunshots being fired into a residence located at 205 East Central Street.
OK AG seizes 77,000 illegal pot plants
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Only a week after seizing more than 36 tons of black-market marijuana in a single day, the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) and Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) have made another major seizure, this time in Pottawatomie County.
Oklahoma Tribal Nations partner together to hold mental health summit
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Last week, Oklahoma Tribal Nations came together for a twoday 988 Mental Health Lifeline Summit planned and coordinated by the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes in partnership with additional 988 Mental Health Lifeline grantees (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Comanche Nation, Muscogee Creek Nation, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Osage Nation, and Southern Plains Tribal Health Board) across Oklahoma. The event brought together Tribal leaders, Oklahoma 988 Tribal grantees, community advocates and mental health experts from across the country, including officials from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
